Joe Wheeler

Jul 18, 2023 | alliancemagazine.org | Joe Wheeler |Simon Hungin |Elika Roohi

Last October, my academic advisor nonchalantly told me that the University of Oregon had some funding to send me to a philanthropy conference in Kuala Lumpur and asked if I wanted to go; I did not have to think long before replying with an enthusiastic “yes”. Being relatively new to the PhD world (in my first year of study), opportunities like these do not feel normal – and I hope I never lose sight of how magical it is to fly across the world to meet thousands of likeminded people.